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Fall 2025 Lecture Laboratory ScienceUpper Division
An Earth Systems Science perspective draws upon the wealth of Earth systems science research in both content and pedagogy. This approach ahs served as a guiding framework for how students learn, engage in, and develop deep understandings of the interconnections among Earth's many different systems of geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere and the important role that human civilization plays in affecting Earth's other systems. This course takes an Earth Systems Science approach - an emerging transdisciplinary endeavor - to build students' understanding of the structure and functioning of the Earth as a complex, adaptive system.
Learning Outcomes1View the Earth as a component of an interconnected system.
2Investigate the accretion of the solar system and Earth and their respective histories.
3Scale and model the solar system.
4Model tectonic plates and different plate boundaries.
5Analyze atmospheric conditions and make short-term weather predictions.
6Recognize and evaluate Earth's resources.
7Create a plan to address multiple interrelated challenges.
8Evaluate the natural environment for anthropomorphic affects.
9Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
10Apply guided-inquiry methods to learning.
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